J.J. Carney is Assistant Professor of Theology at Creighton University. His research and teaching interests engage the theological and historical dimensions of the Catholic experience in modern Africa. He has published articles in African Ecclesial Review, Modern Theology, Journal of Religion in Africa, and Studies in World Christianity.

Carney does an excellent job situating the late colonial period within Rwanda's broader history and explaining the complexities of the ethnic discourse in Rwanda.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. Contested Categories: A Brief History of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" II. Building a Catholic Kingdom in Central Africa, 1900-1950 III. Success Breeds Restlessness, 1950-1955 IV. The Irruption of Hutu-Tutsi Tensions, 1956-1959 V. The Catholic Church & Political Revolution in Rwanda, 1959-1962 VI. The Catholic Church & Postcolonial Ethnic Violence VII. Epilogue: Lessons from Rwanda Appendix I: Timeline Appendix II: Glossary Bibliography Notes Index

J.J. Carney is Assistant Professor of Theology at Creighton University. His research and teaching interests engage the theological and historical dimensions of the Catholic experience in modern Africa. He has published articles in African Ecclesial Review, Modern Theology, Journal of Religion in Africa, and Studies in World Christianity.

Carney does an excellent job situating the late colonial period within Rwanda's broader history and explaining the complexities of the ethnic discourse in Rwanda.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. Contested Categories: A Brief History of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" II. Building a Catholic Kingdom in Central Africa, 1900-1950 III. Success Breeds Restlessness, 1950-1955 IV. The Irruption of Hutu-Tutsi Tensions, 1956-1959 V. The Catholic Church & Political Revolution in Rwanda, 1959-1962 VI. The Catholic Church & Postcolonial Ethnic Violence VII. Epilogue: Lessons from Rwanda Appendix I: Timeline Appendix II: Glossary Bibliography Notes Index

J.J. Carney is Assistant Professor of Theology at Creighton University. His research and teaching interests engage the theological and historical dimensions of the Catholic experience in modern Africa. He has published articles in African Ecclesial Review, Modern Theology, Journal of Religion in Africa, and Studies in World Christianity.

Carney does an excellent job situating the late colonial period within Rwanda's broader history and explaining the complexities of the ethnic discourse in Rwanda.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I. Contested Categories: A Brief History of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" II. Building a Catholic Kingdom in Central Africa, 1900-1950 III. Success Breeds Restlessness, 1950-1955 IV. The Irruption of Hutu-Tutsi Tensions, 1956-1959 V. The Catholic Church & Political Revolution in Rwanda, 1959-1962 VI. The Catholic Church & Postcolonial Ethnic Violence VII. Epilogue: Lessons from Rwanda Appendix I: Timeline Appendix II: Glossary Bibliography Notes Index